MIAMI – The 2025 CFU Club Shield will take place from July 26 through August 3 to determine the tournament’s next champion and award two berths to the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup.
Ahead is everything you need to know about the upcoming CFU Club Shield:
What
The 2025 CFU Club Shield is a Caribbean club competition managed by the Caribbean Football Union, which awards two berths to the Concacaf Caribbean Cup.
Who
The 2025 CFU Club Shield features 24 clubs from the Caribbean. The participating clubs in the upcoming edition are (in alphabetical order by country):
● All Saints United FC (Antigua and Barbuda)
● Doc's United (Anguilla)
● SV Britannia (Aruba)
● Weymouth Wales (Barbados)
● Real Rincon (Bonaire)
● Wolues FC (British Virgin Islands)
● Scholars International FC (Cayman Islands)
● Dublanc FC (Dominica)
● Moca FC (Dominican Republic)
● AS Étoile de Matoury (French Guiana)
● Paradise FC International (Grenada)
● Guyana Defence Force (Guyana)
● AS Capoise (Haiti)
● Arnett Gardens (Jamaica)
● Club Franciscain (Martinique)
● Academia Quintana (Puerto Rico)
● St. Paul's United Strikers FC (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
● La Clery Football League (Saint Lucia)
● SCSA Eagles (Sint Maarten)
● SV Transvaal (Suriname)
● AC Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
● Police FC (Trinidad and Tobago)
● Academy Eagles (Turks and Caicos)
● Rovers SC (U.S. Virgin Islands)
When
The 2025 CFU Club Shield will take place from July 26 to August 3. The following are the dates for each stage:
● Group Stage: July 26 to July 29
● Semifinals: August 1
● Final and Third Place: August 3
For kickoff times and additional match information click HERE.
Where
The 2025 CFU Club Shield will take place across three stadiums in Trinidad and Tobago (in alphabetical order by city):
● Ato Boldon Stadium – Couva
● Larry Gomes Stadium – Malabar
● Hasely Crawford Stadium – Port of Spain
Format
The 2025 CFU Club Shield will begin with a Group Stage with four groups of six clubs each. The participating clubs have been sorted into the following groups:
Group A
AS Capoise (Haiti)
Academia Quintana (Puerto Rico)
Real Rincon (Bonaire)
Academy Eagles (Turks and Caicos)
La Clery Football League (Saint Lucia)
Rovers SC (U.S. Virgin Islands)
Group B
Moca FC (Dominican Republic)
SV Britannia (Aruba)
St. Paul's United Strikers FC (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
AS Étoile de Matoury (French Guiana)
Guyana Defence Force (Guyana)
Paradise FC International (Grenada)
Group C
Police FC (Trinidad and Tobago)
SV Transvaal (Suriname)
All Saints United FC (Antigua and Barbuda)
Weymouth Wales (Barbados)
SCSA Eagles (Sint Maarten)
Wolues FC (British Virgin Islands)
Group D
Arnett Gardens (Jamaica)
Club Franciscain (Martinique)
Scholars International FC (Cayman Islands)
Dublanc FC (Dominica)
AC Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Doc's United (Anguilla)
The four group winners will advance to the Semifinals, with the Group A winner facing the Group B winner and the Group C winner facing the Group D winner.
The finalists will qualify for the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, where the clubs can continue their progress towards a berth in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.
History
Established in 2018, the Caribbean Club Shield has a primary objective of advancing professional football throughout the Caribbean. Participation is open to semi-professional and amateur teams holding current championship titles in their respective domestic leagues.
The tournament format involves a Group Stage, Semifinals, a Third-Place Match and Final.
Club Franciscain of Martinique won the first edition in 2018, followed by SV Robinhood of Suriname in 2019. The tournament did not take place in 2020 and 2021 due to challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tournament restarted in 2022 with Puerto Rico’s Bayamón FC becoming the first club to win the tournament as a host.
In 2023, SV Robinhood emerged victorious in both the Caribbean Club Shield and the Caribbean Cup, solidifying its position as the most successful team in the history of the Caribbean Club Shield with two championship titles.
Arnett Gardens became the first Jamaican side to win the CFU Club Shield during the 2024 edition.
Champions
● SV Robinhood (2): 2019, 2023
● Arnett Gardens (1): 2024
● Bayamón FC (1): 2022
● Club Franciscain (1): 2018
Qualification for 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup
The two finalists of the 2025 CFU Club Shield will earn berths for the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup. The tournament winner will advance to Group A, and the runner-up will advance to Group B.
